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nitrntstr *germi @ffice FRIEDRICH NEUHAUS, OF' BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.

Letters .Patent No. 80,991, dated August 11, 1868.

IMPROVED TAILORS SEAT.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY 'CONCERNs Be it known thatI, Fnmnnlcn Nnunnus, ofBelleville, in the county of St. Clair, and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement. in Tailors Seats; and I do herebydeclare that the followingis a-full, clear, and exact 'descriptionthereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which-f Figure 1 represents a side elevation,partly in section, of my improved tailors seat.

Figure 2 is a front elevation, partly insection, of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to certa-in improvements on the tailors seatfor'which Letters Patent were granted to me on the second day of-June,1868.v The present invention consists, rst, in providing the hingedback-support of a tailors seat with an adjustable elastic gauge, bywhich its degree of inclination can be regulated. This gauge consistsof-a'screw and spring, so applied that theaforesaid'resnlt will beobtained.

The invention consists, second, in so connecting the leg-support withthc bar that holds it, that the said leg-support may be elastic, andalso up-and-down adjustable.

The invention, nally, consists in bending the bar that slides on theseat and that supportsthe leg-support, so as to bring the leg-supportopposite the middle of the seat. Y

- A, inthe drawing, represents the seat, made of suitable material, andof suitable shape, substantially in the manner'indicated in theaforesaid Letters Patent. i

B is the back-support, hinged tothe seat, so that it can be folded down,or set to-any desired-degree of inclination. y

On one side o'fx'the seat'is formed the eye a,-to receive the slidingbar C, as is also fully described in the aforesaid Letters Patent. i i

' Thebar C is bent. so as to bring its vertical socket or eye c nearlyopposite the middle of the seat,and not quite so near to one side ofthesame as in my former patent. l i .l

D is the rod, which has the horizontal socket or eye e to receive thebar E, on which the narrow cushion F is a'ran-ged. By means of theset-screwf, or its equivalent, the b'ar E can be clamped inthe tube e.The bar D is of prismatic form, and ts into a. pipe, G, withcorresponding bore, which pipe works up anddown in the socket c..Between the upper end of the pipe G and a shoulder or projection of thebar D is a spiral spring, I:`[,'wund around D,as shown. The pipe Gr canbe clamped in the tubo c by means of a set-screw, Les shown.

By this combination of theparts C, D, Gr, and-H, the leg-support Fwillalways be elastic,and still at the same time be up-and-down adjustable.y Y

The Yrod vDis prsmatic, so that it cannot turn in the pipe G, while itcan be turned with the samcwhen the latterY is released by the screwd.,` i Y v Y i By having the bar C curved, to bring the cushion F nearlyopposite the middle ofthe seat, the position of the occupant will bemore comfortable. I

The rod Vor bar E, I prefer to have round, so that it can turn 1n thesocket e around its own axis.

From the rear of the-back-support B projects an arm, g, on whicha nut,is formed or held. A screw, z', is ttedthrogh this nut, and opposite thelower end of this screw is secured upon the seat'a metal-or other step,Z, as is clearly shown in,lig.l1. Y

7' isa spiral or other spring,connecting a projection from'the back, B,with the seat, as shown.

When the person occupying the seat reclines against the back-support B,the spring will be compressed, and will make the back-support elastic,the screw acting asa gauge tc prevent inclination of the back,;B, beyonda certain desired point. y Having thus described my invention, I claimas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent-r' 1'. The combination ofthe leg-cushion F with the bar E, socket e, rod D, pipe G, socket c, andspring H, all made and operating substantially as herein shown anddescribed, for the purpose of making the said cushion at once elasticand adjustable. i

2. The combination of the seat Agand hinged seat-back B with the springj, arm g, and-gaugerscrew z', all operating substantially as hereinshown and described. i i

' FRIEDRICH NEUHAUS.

Witnesses:

Ssn'. FIETSAM, A. C. HUGKI.

